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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-05-26

AT Augusta dark colored flood poured
over the big dam, rising twenty feet above it,
and carrying logs, barns, broken houses and
miscellaneous stuff toward the sea. At Ban.
gor also the water was twenty feet deep over
the dam. At Fairfield dam and booms wers
swept away. At Waterville 100000 logs Of
the Somerset mills were lost. In Vermont
and New Hampshire minor floods are re-
ported At Bellows Falls, Vt, Clifford Carey
was drowned. At Peterboro, n. H., a water
spout burst on the 30th of April, the whole
volume of water striking on an adjacent hill
and sweeping with destructive force through
the town. Rocks weighing two tons were
swept into the town and left in the streets. 1t
is surprising that no lives were lost. Remi-
niscences Of big floods in the past recall 1892
as the year of the highest water, especially
on the Ohio and other western rivers: but at
Cincinnati and few other places the floods
of 1888 rose as high. When the pioneers set
tied at Marietta, o., an old Indian warned
them not to build on a certain low tract, and
pointing out sycamore tree which seemed
above high water mark, lie told them that in
his boyhood he had padded canoe through
the forks of that tree For fifty years this
tradition was preserved, till experience led
the citizens to discredit it; but in 1892 the
water once more rose to the old Indians
mark-probably a hundred years after his
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-05-26

This novel rail-
road has already
been put to many
uses, as our sketch
es show; in Russia
it is used for the
transport of troops
and invalids, in
the Pyrenees for
carrying ore, and
of Westminster
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-05-26

be taken apart or
put together very
rapidly; so that
the track is prac-
tically light and
portable. The tres
ties rest on sleepers
which may be
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-05-26

kingdom. Here he
is, Field Marshal
George, duke of
Cambridge, COM
mander of the En-
glish army, and a
fear inspiring ap-
partition is he to
any enemy, how
ever powerful.
This portrait
comes from The
Pail Mall Gazette,
and is, of course,
authentic.
This gallant sol
r..
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-05-26

methods of the Eng
lish and French.
Mr.. Swenie is not
only the chief, but
the veteran of the
Chicago depart
ment, which ex-
perts have pro
nounced, all things
considered, the fin
est fire brigade i'll
the world. 1t is
now thirty-seven
years since he be
gan his career as a
fireman, he then
being only 20 years
- II
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-05-26
Gen. 6. Il. Ruckner.

We present herewith a portrait of Gen
Simon Bolivar Buckner, whom the Demo
Gratis nominated for Governor Of Kentucky
on the 4th inst. He is fine looking and very
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-05-26
Bishop Wilson.

Bishop Alpheus w. Wilson, of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, South, has recently
returned from tour around the world.
undertaken for the purpose of investigating
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-05-26
A NEW ELEVATED ROAD.
The Successful Effort to Operate One
Track Road.

The inventive genius of railroad men is
just now turned to the perfection Of some sys-
TEN of elevated road which can be made
cheap and operated safely. The advantages
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-05-26

Building in which first Sunday school in Brooklyn
was held.
Robert Snow, who organized the Sands
Street Methodist school, Brooklyn, was an Irish
American, as we now call our fellow citizens
whose blood is Irish and birth American; he
loved all children, yet had none of his own.
The old Brooklynites describe him as a gen
tleman of the old school, meaning that he
still wore the costume and maintained the
manners of colonial times. He wore knee
breeches and shoes with buckles, and carried
q green umbrella equally on st. Swithins
day and in the longest midsummer drought.
So say the old Brooklynites; but, be that as it
may, this fact remains to his honor, that he
organized the first Sunday school in Brook
lyn, and therefore the first in the United
States: and that his first sessions of this
school were held in building that is now IA
and 146 Adams street, Brooklyn, building
still standing and in fair condition, as shown
by our engraving. There is no question
whatever as to the place in which the first
Sunday school was held; there is, how
ever, some as to the date One author
ity says March 2, another April 16,
1916; and as both agree as to the
year and very nearly as to the time, the dis
crepancy is easily accounted for by allowing
for the time required for a new system to
grow Some of the associates of Father
Snow still live in Brooklyn. Among them is
A. d. Matthews, who wrote a full account of
the early history of Brooklyn Sunday schools,
which was read before the Society of Old
Brooklynites early in April, and aroused such
an enthusiasm that a movement was at once
organized to erect monument to Father
Snow.
The proposition took this shape: There are
in Brooklyn $1,000 Sunday school scholars; a
contribution amounting to ten cents from
each will pay for monument. This plan
was presented to the finance committee of the
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-05-26

astride the center
rail, th e weight
really below the
rail; and the adj
vantages claimed
are extreme sim
plicity and porta-
bility. Uneven e n
ground can be
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-05-26
No. IS
A FAMOUS FIREMAN.
Sketch of Veteran ExtinGuisher of
Flames.
Especial Correspondence

CHICAGO, May 10-One of the most famous
fire fighters in the world is Denis j. Swenie,
who has just been appointed chief of the Chi
cago fire department by the new mayor, and
whom an outgoing mayor recommended the
city to send to Europe for year on full pay,
there to make a study of the fire fighting
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-05-26
THE STATESMAN.
thuSiastic praise,

The statesman is a majestic, well poised ps.9
e. The face resembles Secretary bayaI1 l1ur
The position is different from elther on, :, 'e in
others, re result is well attained.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-05-26

canoeing exploit. Fifty-one years after, to
wit, in 1888, the water again attained to
about the same height (the tree no longer
there, so it is hoped there will be exemption
from such floods till 1892 -'33
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-05-26

The long cold winter and late spring, fol
lowed by sudden warmth and rapid thaw,
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-05-26
WOUNDED

carrying ore, and ihANoroAiiN" "oONDED
at Westminster SOLDIERS.
for passengers. Experimentally it has
proved good for other purposes. The
safety of the freight and passengers is
secured by the balance of weights
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-05-26
FLOODS IN MAINE.
VIEWS OF NEW ENGLAND VILLAGES
UNDER THE WATER.

Boating Through the Streets of Saco.
Fairfield Flooded and Millions of
Saw Logs are washed Away to the
Sea.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11
King Cotton.

The cotton crop now maturing in
the South promises to be the largest
ever raised in the United States. 1t is
thought that it may reach 100000
bales, which would be 100000
in excess of any previous year.
The crop of 1885 was an enormous
one, reaching 6,5OO,OOO bales. but the
largest crop yet produced was that
raised in 1888, which was 1892 ,234
bales.
The history of cotton raising in the
United States is an interesting one.
In 1871, almost full century ago, the
United States sent sixty-four bags of
cotton to England, and fifteen years
later the export had increased to 100,
900 bags. But in that early day there
could have been no anticipation of the
large place that cotton was to fill in
the productions of the country. In
1929 the crop reached S7O,415 bales,
and in 1888 it had grown to upwards of
l 100000, below which it has never
since fallen, unless during the period
of the civil war, of which there is no
record.
The largest crop raised by slave
labor was in 1860, when the production
was 4,669,770 bales. For five years
after the war the crop ranged between
two and three million bales, getting up
to four millions in 1874, to five millions
in 1879, and to six millions in 1881.
During the last ten years, under free
labor, the cotton yield has been from
third to half larger than the biggest
crop ever grown by slave labor.
Great as the production now is it
seems likely that it may reach even
larger figures in the future. There is
still much good cotton land in the
South that is not utilized, and much
that is farmed can be made to give a
heavier yield by better cultivation.
For several years past money and en-
terprise have been seeking investment
in cotton-growing and this tendency
will continue as long as satisfactory
are obtained. At an average
of 8 cents pound the present years
crop will be worth in the neighborhood
of 5000 600 600.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11

lish women are too dull and common
place. Next to them in vivacity and
agreeableness / rank the French and
Irish ladies' "But why are you
always criticising them so severely in
your paper?'' ''Oh," WIS the reply,
1.-The American women do not read my
paper. 1t is paper gotten up for
English women. l discovered some
time ago that English women are very
jealous of the prominence given to
American ladies in London society, so
began running fire upon the fair in
vaders of the most sacred presincts of
London society, and the result is an
enormous increase in my circulation.
Every dull, heavy-minded English
woman believes that it is the presence
of these American women in society
which prevents her from receiving her
due share of attention, and consequent
ly she reads with great pleasure all of
the attacks upon her successful rivals.
The circulation of my paper has nearly
doubled since l adopted this innocent
fad of poking fun at and criticising
the American women in London
London Cor. n. Y. World.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11

The Denver Republican says: ''There
is but little of that affection for Cleve.
land which the people have shown tC
his predecessors. 1t is evident that
Republican newspapers are beginning
early to get in practice for the next
campaign, with their cool and unrea-
sOnable misrepresentation. The fact
is that Mr.. Cleveland is one of the
most remarkably popular presidents
that the country has ever had, and the
fact that the people everywhere are
clamoring for a visit from him, is an
evidence of it that only a Republican
newspaper would fail to see.-BotLel
{ No. Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11
Attacking American Women.

Some of the society papers make a
great feature of attacks on the Ameri-
can element in London society There
are two or three of the society papers
which never miss an opportunity of
saying unkind and severe things of
American ladies in London. They are
never weary of representing them as
crazy after royalty, court favor, and
striving to make acquaintance with
titled people. One of the oftenest re-
peated stories is that American women
come in great crowds to be presented
at court, and thatit requires the united
effort of the lord chamberlain and the
United States minister to restrain this
mob.
| met the editor of enc of the society
papers the other day, and l asked him
where he got all of his wonderful facts
about American women. His reply
was strange confession. You would
not suppose" said he, "that L am a
great admirer of American women. L
think they are the most agreeable and
attractive class of ladies in the world.
1 go almost entirely with Americans in
London. l would not sit down and
talk with an English woman of any
type, except under compulsion. Eng
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11

The genius, pertinacity and tact of
Parnell and Gladstone have brought
ameliOration of the troubles of Ireland
out of the persecution and oppression
of its enemies. The Land bill has been
SO amended in Parliment that it is in
many respects more favorable to the
tenantry than the existing laws are.
The concessions have been wruug from
the Tories one by one as the price of
their retention of the semblance of
power, of which the substance has
really passed from their hands. The
triumph is one of superior intelligence
and skill over a brutal and pitiless
majority. 1t is evident that dissolu-
ton of Parliment connot long be post
poned, and that the people of Great
Britain will have fair opportunity to
decide between the policy of coercion
and the craftsmanship that would rem
der the British empire secure by satisfy
ing the just demans of the Irish people.
The turning of the tide was the ''proc-
lamation" of all Ireland by the Dublin
privy council on the 22nd inst.-N. Y.
Star
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11

A mugwump in Kansas or any.
where else is only a democrat in very
thin disguise, says the Emporia Re
publican, abiding to Jake Admire
So silly a general proposition is not
worth consideration. As for Jake
Admire, he is certainly not demo
crat, and we do not believe he is q
mugwump. But whatever he is, he is
mighty good fellow, and worth q
dozen of his snarling critics in Lyon
county.-K. g.. Times,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11

While we are suffering from the
want Of rain, some of our Eastern
friends are having too much. The
Pittston Pa Gazette says: 1.-The rain
for the past ten days has played havoc
with the grain standing i'll shocks, and
hay piled up in cocks along the river
bottoms. The grain is beautifully
sprouted and is almost a dead loss to
the farmers. Tons and tons of hay
have rOtted on the ground, and much
timothy is spoiled standing. Oats
have also suffered, and early potatoes
have their second growth. The farm
ers lot this year is not a happy one
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11
Astonishing Success.

1t is the duty of every person who
has used BOschee's German Syrup to
let its wonderful qualities be known
to their friends in curing Consump-
ton, severe Coughs, Group, Asthma
Pneumonia, and in fact all throat and
lung diseases. No person can use it
with out immediate relief. Three
doses will relieve any case, and we
consider it the duty of all Druggists
to recommend it to the poor, dying
consumptive, at least to try one bottle,
as $4,000 dozen bottles were sold last
year, and no one case where it failed
was reported. Such a medicine as the
German Syrup cannot be too widely
known. Ask your druggist about it..
Sample bdttles to try, sold at 10 cents.
Regular size IS cents. Sold by all
druggists and Dealers, in the United
States and Canada.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11

The effect of the recent army re-
union at Gettysburg is making itself
plainly visible, North and South.
Gettysburg has aptly been called the
Waterloo of America. A Savannah
paper says of the late reunion of the
Blue and the Gray on the famous field
that it will be followed by others, and
each one will draw the Northern and
Southern people more closely together.
The survivors of the Army of the
Potomac will hold their reunion there
next year, and the survivors of the
Army of Northern Virginia have been
invited to meet them. And it adds
that the invitation will of course be &C
cepted. -PdtStOn Pa Gazette.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11
This is what DR.. Krohn calls an even
Afnhicn,n,i

This is what DR.. Krohn calls an even
ing in Atchison":
Standing thus in wrapt meditation,
drinking in at every angle of observa-
ton some new phase of landscape, I'M
surpassed in Kansas or elsewhere, sud-
denly in front, along the face of the
south and north hill, to the left and
right, along the streets, at the depot, on
the bridge, at a dozen different points
there appears Pickering CLEAN of light,
and then, like star burst the electric
lights stream to their full radiance, land
the city blaZes like vast and luminous
garden; and night has come again to
AtchiSOn.
Two drinks of Atchison whisky will
usually accomplish this result, but a
third will bring it every timex. G..
Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11

Reports from California indicate that
the Chinese are slowly but surely and
continually leaving the state. During
the past few years that the restrictive
laws have been in force, the number of
Chinese in California have been
gradually diminishing. The tendency
was not noticed as much at first as of
late, when as many as 1,500 Chinese
have left San Francisco in single week
for China. a few have Struggled
themselves in across the British border,
but the number is of little consequence.
Many have left California for Eastern
cities.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11

Miss Kate Field has returned
from Alaska and is Fastening Kansas
ward. 1t is understood that she is to
devote her energies to the problem of
municipal suffrage for women, which
problem she Will grasp i'll her usual bold
end vigorous way. Miss Field once
said that no state in the union afforded
so many opportunities for study as
Kansas. She made the remark i'm
mediately after sampling a little ma
tive brandy in WyandOtte.--K. G.. Times
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11

To Cleveland and those who 60 with
him the heroic memories of the war are
pledges of perpetual peace in union
To Fairchild, futile and their followers
the recollections of civil strife are end.
less, to be famed into flames of politi-
cal hate. The true friends of the
Union will stand by Cleveland, per-
petual peace and good will towards all
sections of our united country.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11
General Clinton B. Fisk, the Prohibi

\ L
ton leader, says of Cleveland:
No candidate can beat the incumbent
of the White House, who has taken
such a firm hold upon the affections of
the people that they will have no other
than himself for Chief Magistrate.
General Fisk pronounces this deliber-
ate judgement after reviewing all proba-
bic combinations against Cleveland,
and allowing, for the sake of argument,
that all of them will be made. AS the
representative of an independent Or
ganizatiOn deeply interested in federal
politics and observing them with care,
his opinion should have special value.
The concurrence of intelligent men in
belief in Cleveland's reelection is with
out parallel in American politics since
the second choice of Washington to the
presidency.-N. Y. Star.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11
SHERIFF'S SALE,

Under AND BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER
OF sale issued by the clerk Of the district court
OF Dickinson county, State of Kansas, in a cause
pending therein, wherein Anna F. Dennis is
plaintiff, and Michael Z. 8oIes ad
ministrator Of the estate of Perry W. Roles
deceased, Harding BoieS, j. n. Howe Perry w
Boles, deceased, Thomas Kirby. Hardin BoIes as
heir of Perry W. BoleS. deceased c. G. Cooner &
Company, and P. Weyhrich & Company are de
PENDANTS, will, on
Saturday, September Sd, a. D. 1887.
at the front door OF the court house, in the city
of Abilene, county Of Dickinson, State of Kansas
at 10 O'Clock am. OF said day sell to the highest
bidder for cash, the following real estate 10 Wit:
Lots one ~. two ~, three (3), and four (4l IN
block three ~, of Sheerans addition to the town
OF Chapman, Dickinson county, Kansas: the above
described lots, i, 2, B. and in block three will he
sold subject 10 the lien of said defendant Thomas
that certain seven acres of land described as fol-
lows, to-wit: Being strip OF land fourteen rods
wide on the north side OF The southeast ouarfer
of the northwest quarter of section fourteen Q4).
in township twelve (l2), south of range three {3l
eaStin Dickinson county, state Of Kansas and thai
said lien upon said seven acres is prior and supe-
rfor to claims OF liens OF any of the parties hereto
and that said lien upon said lots, l. 2 and 4 IN
block Aforesaid, is subsequent only to the lien
OF said defendant, Thomas Kirby's mortgage Of
$4,000.
The said real estate viii be sold pursuant In the
judgment of the court in said cause. recited in
said order of SALE
1887. j. j. MIiLER-
zs5t sheriff OF Dickinson county, Kan.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11
Legal Notice.
STATE OF KANSAS,

STATE OF KANSAS,
Dickinson County. oo'
In the Probate court in and for said county,
and in the matter of the estate of Simon Shook
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that on Monday the 22nd
day OF August A. ID. 1887, at 10 O'Clock A. m. of
said day al the court room in Abilene in the
county of Dickinson, state OF Kansas, has been
appoi, nted for hearing the application of Maria
shook praying that document now On file in
said court, purporting to be the last will and
testament OF Simon Shook, deceased, be allowed
as the will of said deceased and be admitted 10
probate, at which time and place all persons in
terested therein may appear and contest the
same, and show cause il they can why the PRAYER
of the said Maria A. Shook should not be granted.
w. P. SEEDS, Probate Judge.
Smith & Russell. Att'ys for Maria A. Shook.
Dated July &c, 1887. 4S-3t.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11

The utter soulesSness of corporations
has again been shown. This time it is
by the Delaware and Hudson railroad,
which has issued an order forbidding
engineers or firemen to wink or firt
with any woman they may see as they
pass along. Comment on such wantOn
cruelty is needless.-DOdge City Demo-
crdt.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11

The New York Tribune, in its bus
mess editorial, says, ''labor is well en-
ployed and getting larger wages than
a year ago." This same paper proph-
esied dire evils to our business in
terest as the result of giving Demo
crats'the control of public affairs.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11
A Dull Summer.

1t is counted a dull summer in
Leavenworth, Kas., when the editor of
the Times, who is brother of Susan
B. Anthony, is not cowhided on the
public street. Mr.. Anthony writes
somewhat as Susan B. talks.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11

1t is said that the man who won't
take a paper because he can borrow
one, has invented a machine with
which he can cook his dinner by the
smoke of his neighbours chimney.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11
The Only One on the Farm.

Kansas is the only state in the Union
tina. has an editor with an eagle-beaked
nose who would quietly submit to a
horse-whipping. His name is Anthony.
-Louisrille Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11

Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhea Remedy can always be de-
pended upon, it is pleasant to take and
will cure cramp, cholera mOrbus, dysen-
terry and diarrhGa in their worst forms.
Every family should be provided with
it during the summer months. % cent.
so cent and dollar bottles are sold by
Barnes & NOrthcraft.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11

1t is found that the water supply is
imperfect and filthy, in the New Jersey
town where cholera has made its ap-
pearance. Pure water is a great safe
guard against disease.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11

WANTED Situation in management
of mines, by certified mine foreman,
mining engineer, and land and mine
surveyor. Fifteen years practical ex-
perience. Address p. o. Box SO, Ply
mouth, Luzerne county, Pa.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-11

When you are in need of physic.
one that will cleanse the system and
regulate the liver, and bowels, try St.
Patrick's Pills. For sale by Barnes
81 NOrthcra